Genus Gymnapogon Regan, 1905

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• Gymnapogon Regan, C.T. 1905. On a collection of fishes from the inland sea of Japan made by Mr. R. Gordon Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 15(2): 17-26 [19].

  Type species:

   Gymnapogon japonicus Regan, 1905 by monotypy.

 

Introduction

Species of this genus are rare and small sized generally less than 6 cm in length, usually found around coral reefs. The genus has not been revised. Mabuchi et al. (2014) list seven distinct species.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Fraser, T.H. 1972. Comparative osteology of the shallow water cardinal fishes (Perciformes : Apogonidae) with reference to the systematics and evolution of the family. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 34: 1-105 44 pls

Lachner, E.A. 1953. Family Apogonidae : cardinal fishes. pp. 412-498 figs 69-84 pls 33-43 in Schultz, L.P., Herald, E.S., Lachner, E.A., Welander, A.D. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 1. Families Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(1): 1-685, figs 1-90, pls 1-74

Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203 [199]

Whitley, G.P. 1936. More ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(1): 23-51 figs 1-6 pl. 4 [fig. 6]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Feb-2015	APOGONIDAE	15-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
12-Dec-2012		12-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED